Understanding family dynasty: Nurturing the corporate identity across generations

International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 31-42

  Kansikas, Juha ^a   Nemilentsev, Mikhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Content analysis; Corporate identity; Family business

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951683399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17530296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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